As the only son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Sean Ono Lennon bears great responsibility. He curates his late father’s work as a solo artist and as part of the Beatles’ (see this winter’s expanded Anthology collection) and has acted as his mother’s principle musical and activist collaborator, and defended her role as an […]
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band are returning to the road this spring for the Land of Hope and Dreams American Tour, which will begin March 31 in Minneapolis. The Boss recently released a new protest song, “Streets of Minneapolis,” decrying violence at the hands of federal immigration officers that left two people dead […]
As the 2026 music calendar fills with tour dates and long-awaited releases, a fresh wave of artists are setting their sights on New York City stages. From breakout tracks to defining performances, these are some of the most compelling acts making their mark, along with where you can catch them live this spring. Quarters (f/k/a […]
Alex Ridha, the Berlin-based producer who performs as Boys Noize, has had an unusually varied year. He’s been opening for Nine Inch Nails on the Peel It Back tour (hailed as one of the best live shows of 2025), co-produced the Grammy-winning TRON: Ares soundtrack alongside Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, and still manages to […]
Thundercat again pays tribute to his late friend Mac Miller on “She Knows Too Much,” the latest song to emerge from his upcoming Brainfeeder album, Distracted. The song is accompanied by a heartwarming and hilarious animated video directed by Léa Esmaili and produced by Blinkink. “She Knows Too Much” finds Thundercat in a familiar predicament: […]
During the year in which its hugely influential 1996 album Fantastic Planet turns 30, Failure will not only release its fourth LP since reuniting in 2014 after a 17-year hiatus but also return to the road in support of it this spring. Location Lost is out April 24 on the band’s own Failure Records imprint […]
Electronic trio RÜFÜS DU SOL will play a series of super-sized North American venues on its summer tour, which begins June 10 in Kansas City, Mo., and runs through Sept. 5 in Toronto. Tickets will be available for presale on Feb. 24, with the general onsale to follow two days later. Itinerary highlights include a visit […]
Sitting in his orange-tinted studio on the outskirts of London, Zak Starkey’s face is half-hidden behind a beautifully painted mug. His hair, however, is fully on display with a couple of deliberate cowlicks perched at the top. He knows he has a good haircut. He mentions it more than a few times, and it becomes […]
Merrill Nisker, professionally known as Peaches, is in what she calls her “backstage booties” at a venue in London’s Kentish Town neighborhood. She’s here to perform “Cuntology 101” with Lambrini Girls, a track she’s remixed for the super-hot group. Her blond and brown hair is shaved with a tuft, the rest bushy and cascading down […]
On a stage draped with pieces of gauzy white fabric, Cate Le Bon enters to a mesmerizing wall of sound. Like the rest of her band, she is dressed in white, and swaying behind the microphone as she begins a song called “Jerome.” Her voice rises softly from the swirling, surreal music, with lyrics grappling […]